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Sakthivel Heamish Kanha

Sakthivel Heamish Kanha

FM🇮🇳

FIDEFIDE 25644890· Male· India· Born in 2009

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Sakthivel Heamish Kanha, a 17-year-old Indian FIDE Master, is rated 2271 — just 30 short of his peak of 2301 (Jun 2024, age 15) and sitting in the top 2% of Indian players under 18, and in the top 2% worldwide. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and took a 18-month break between Jul 2024 and Feb 2026. Recent appearance: Basel Christmas Master Open 2025.

Awarded FM in 2024 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #98 in U16, World #73 in U12, World #27 in U10 and #27, #10 and #44 nationally in U18, U14 and U8.

Current rating

2271

Standard

Rpd1867·Blz1955

All-time high

2301

−30 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 15

Activity

14

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

5 past 12 mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 2%

#31 · Indian players under 18 · of 1,313

Career timeline

16 entries
2026
27th Indian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2271
Feb 2026
2024
98th U16 player worldwide
at age 15 · rated 2301
Jul 2024
FM title awardedFM
at age 15
Jul 2024
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 2301 → returned at 2271
Jul 2024
Crossed 2300
at age 15
Jun 2024
Crossed 2200
at age 15
Jun 2024

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Keerti Shree ReddyWFM 2,092
Basel Christmas Master Open 2025 · Dec 2025 · +5.3 Elo
Evolution
-30
2301 → 2271
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
2/ 540.0%
1W2D2L
Top 1 win
1.[W]vsKeerti Shree ReddyWFM2,092·Basel Christmas Master Open 2025·R1·+5.3
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsDana KochaviFM2,163·Basel Christmas Master Open 2025·R5·-13.0
2.[L]vsColin FedererFM2,216·Basel Christmas Master Open 2025·R3·-11.6

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Basel Christmas Master Open 2025
Open Swiss
Dec 20252/5#822077-30.2
Worst Elo result: Basel Christmas Master Open 2025 (-30.2 Elo, finished #82).

Rankings

/
India
#230
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#912
in continent
World
#5,062
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
India
1
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2,761
2
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2,739
3
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa RFollow Praggnanandhaa RTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
4
🇮🇳Gukesh DFollow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
5
🇮🇳Nihal SarinFollow Nihal SarinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,723
6
🇮🇳Vidit, Santosh GujrathiFollow Santosh Gujrathi ViditTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
7
🇮🇳Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.Follow Chithambaram VR. AravindhTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,692
8
🇮🇳Harikrishna, PentalaFollow Pentala HarikrishnaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,676
9
🇮🇳Karthikeyan, MuraliFollow Murali KarthikeyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,661
9
🇮🇳Pranav, VFollow V PranavTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,661
...
230🇮🇳Sakthivel Heamish Kanha2,271
Asia-Pacific
1
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
1
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
3
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
4
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
5
🇮🇳Anand, ViswanathanFollow Viswanathan AnandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇨🇳Ding, LirenFollow Liren DingTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,738
7
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa RFollow Praggnanandhaa RTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
8
🇷🇺Nepomniachtchi, IanFollow Ian NepomniachtchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,733
9
🇮🇳Gukesh DFollow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
10
🇻🇳Le, Quang LiemFollow Quang Liem LeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,731
...
912🇮🇳Sakthivel Heamish Kanha2,271
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
5062🇮🇳Sakthivel Heamish Kanha2,271